Telephone-bracket.



E. P. GUTHRIE. TELEPHONE BRACKET.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 5.1911.

Patented May 14, 1912.

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E. P. GUTHRIE.

TELEPHONE BRACKET. APPLICATION ruin MAY'5.1911

Patented May 14, 1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE P. GUTHRIE. or OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA.

TELEPHONE-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'May 14., 1912.

Application filed May 5 1911. Serial No 625,196.

in use and to permit of detachment of the telephone; from the supportand its being handled in the ordinary manner when in use.

The above and other objects will appeal and be-better understood fromthe following' description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in operative position;-Fig. 2 is a detail .perspective view of the keeper; Fig. 3 is asectional detail of the lower portion of the device; Fig. 4; is a bottomplan of the stand; Fig.5 is a view similar to F ig. 3 but taken to aplane at right'angles to the plane of Fig. 3.

-The bracket arm '5 is provided with a pintle 6 which is rotatablymounted in a socket 7 arranged on a plate 8. The plate 8 -is adapted tobe secured in any suitable manner such as by screws 9 to any convenientportion of a desk, table, wall or other places which is usually employedin connection with supporting a telephone. The

. lower end portion 10 of the bracket arm 5 curves upwardly and isprovided with a depending hook 11 to engage the hangerof the telephonedirectory. V v

A standv 11 conforms approximately to the contour and area of the standof the ordinary telephone a and is provided with an upwardly extendingledge or stop 12 which serves to limit the movement of the stand of thetelephone a in one direction. The stop I 12 extends partly around thestand 11 so that the front portion thereof is unobstructed- .whereby thestand of the telephone may be placed thereon and slid thereover until itengages with the stop 12. A yoke 13 depends from the stand 11 and isarranged on opposite sides of the lower end portion 10, -the uppersurface of the lower end having a portion-thereof beveled as at 14, sothat when the stand is secured to the lower end portion such as by thebolt 15 which passes through alining openings in the arms of the yokeand ,end portions 11, the stand may be.

portions of said arms being out-turned as shown at 22.

\Vhen it is desired to place the telephone on the device the base of thetelephone is placed on the stand 11 and slid thereover as beforedescribed. This sliding of the base upon the stand moves the reducedupper portion or that located below the transmitter ot' the telephoneinto the space between the outt-urned portion 22. The aforesaid slidingmovement of the base upon the stand will tilt the latter after the upperportion of the telephone engages with the keeper and the slidmg movementcontinues; This will be apparent by referring to the drawings wherein itwill be seen that the upper portion ofthe ledge or stop 12 overhangs thestand 11 so that after the greater portion of the base has moved overthe stand and the upper end portion of the telephone engages with thekeeper the base-of the telephone will rise upon further sliding movementthus engaging the'ledge or stop 12 and tilting the stand.

After the stop is fully engaged by the base ot' the telephone aslightforward shove of the upper portion thereof will move the said upperportion into the space between the.

bowed portions 20 and 21 of the keeper whereby the reduced upper endportion by virtue of its beingless than the diameter of the spacebetween the bowed portions 20 and 21. will permit of the stand assumingits original horizontal position.

receiver hook 23 ,is pivotedto the lower face of the stand 11 and isadapted to be housed below the stand or swing outwardly so that itsengaging end will extend beyond the stand. The hook 23 provides a meansfor hanging the receiver thereon when the user is'required to leave oftconversing temporarily.

'The form of the device shown and described is the-best known to me atthe-present. It is to be'understood however, that I am not to be limitedto the use of the structure described since many obvious changes may bemade, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention.

I What is claimed as new is: I A

1. In a portable telephone bracket, in eon1- bination, '-a' Verticallydisposed curved sup 3 port, a'verticallyimovable stand pivoted'to 10 oneend of the support, a keeper at the other end ofthe support, the standbeing adapted the. telephone.

2. A portable telephone bracket comprising a horizontally swingingsupport, a vera resilient keeper connected to the support andspaced'from the stand.

3. In a portable telephone bracket, the

combination with a support; of a vertically rocking stand arrangedthereon, a keeper associated with the support and adapted to engage theupper end of a telephone-When the base of the same is moved onto thestand.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.1

. EU GENE P, GUTHRIE. Witnesses:

R. L. SMITH, HARLEY E. THOMPSON.

